Saturday, 22 August 2009

it's been pretty busy & full on recently. I'm working on a number of custom orders as well as helping Nick to set up his own business. We've decided to have a "team meeting" on mondays to allocate PC time!!!

Here's a selection of new jewellery on Just K Jewellery...

this necklace was created by filling blank silver links with resin & then making them into this funky, chunky necklace

there are also earrings to match this ladybird bracelet - in matching jewellery

Friday, 14 August 2009

I've been having an enjoyable time making lots & lots of resin pendants, cabochons & butterflies for my BEADS shop on GroovyCart. I've just upgraded the shop to silver so now all I've got to do is fill it with stock!

These pendants, butterflies & cabochons have been added today - I've got lots more to finish & photograph & even more still curing...

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Been busy making lots of new resin pendants for Just K Beads and Karen's Beads on MISI

I bought a couple of new molds - butterflies and cabochons. The first butterflies are for sale on MISI at a special reduced price as they are my test pieces to see how to create the best effects with different colours. You have to work upside down and let each layer cure between colours so it can be a time consuming process.

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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME...

I started making jewellery for myself a few years ago and soon became totally addicted. I borrowed books from the library and bought lots too.

I discovered resin after going on a silver clay workshop in 2007. Whilst I loved making the pure silver jewellery it was adding colour that interested me. I tried enamelling and might have pursued that direction if I hadn't discovered you could use coloured resin instead of enamel to achieve the effect I was looking for.

Then I bought a book about resin jewellery and as soon as it arrived I knew this was what I wanted to do. I struggled in the early days as there were virtually no supplies or moulds available in the UK. Everything was trial and error - and there were lots of errors. Luckily today both the resin and moulds are more easy to source in the UK.

Since the early days I have developed my techniques and skills. I'm constantly experimenting - "what will this look like in resin" - or making my own moulds from items I find.